Red
Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced the first steps for integrating CoreOS
Tectonic, Quay, and Container Linux with Red Hat's robust container and
Kubernetes-based solutions portfolio. Container application platforms like Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform already provide CIOs with a powerful, open standards-based solution to fuel digital transformation efforts, helping enterprises more quickly adopt emerging technologies like Linux containers and Kubernetes without
sacrificing existing applications or IT investments. CoreOS'
technologies advance the comprehensive nature of Red Hat's container
infrastructure offerings, providing a clear roadmap for the digital
enterprise while simultaneously making hybrid cloud environments an excellent choice deploying both modern and traditional applications.

Acquired with CoreOS in January 2018,
Tectonic and Container Linux will help drive automation at every layer
of the cloud-native stack, backed by Red Hat's commitment to
enterprise-grade stability and support. This automation will extend to
Red Hat's robust independent software vendor (ISV) ecosystem, enabling
them to more easily deliver and maintain applications and services on
top of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform across hybrid environments
with the simplicity of public clouds.

With
automated operations, IT teams will be able to use the automated
upgrades of Tectonic paired with the reliability, support, and extensive
application development capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift Container
Platform. This makes managing Kubernetes deployments at-scale easier,
with the vast majority of rote maintenance tasks performed
automatically, lessening the need for constant administrator action and
providing a "lights out" approach to cluster oversight. Other enterprise
needs are retained through the addition of automated operations to Red
Hat OpenShift as well, including platform stability and support for
existing IT assets.

The Operator FrameworkCoreOS
also established the concept of "operators" within Kubernetes,
application-specific controllers that extend the Kubernetes API to
create, configure, and manage instances of complex stateful applications
on behalf of a Kubernetes user. This effectively takes the "human
knowledge" of managing a Kubernetes application and builds it into
software, making typically challenging workloads easier to deploy and
maintain on Kubernetes.

Announced at KubeCon Europe 2018, the Operator concept is now encapsulated by the Operator Framework open source project. Building on this initiative, Red Hat today announced that Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform will use this project for the benefit of Red Hat's ISV ecosystem.
This makes it easier for ISVs to bring cloud services, like messaging,
big data, analytics, and more, to the hybrid cloud and address a broader
set of enterprise deployment models while avoiding cloud lock-in. Red
Hat's existing ISV certification program will also extend to encompass
the automation capabilities provided by the Operator Framework. The
result is a consistent, common experience for these services on Red Hat
OpenShift, enabling ISVs to bring their offerings to market more quickly
on any cloud infrastructure where Red Hat OpenShift runs.

Bringing Container Linux to Red Hat OpenShiftContainer
Linux provides several key pieces of the modern, container-native
operating system, most notably a fully immutable, container-optimized
Linux host that includes automated, "over-the-air" updates, to keep
large deployments more easily up to date. Built around a robust existing
community, Container Linux will retain its vision of providing a free,
fast-moving, and automated container host while also providing content
options from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora ecosystem, with a
supported variant being provided under the name Red Hat CoreOS. Red Hat
CoreOS will integrate concepts, technology, and the user experience of
Container Linux. This offering will ultimately supersede Atomic Host and
function as Red Hat's immutable, container-centric operating system.

Red
Hat CoreOS will provide the foundation for Red Hat OpenShift Container
Platform, Red Hat OpenShift Online, and Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated for
customers who prefer an immutable infrastructure-based Kubernetes
platform with automated updates. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
will also continue to support Red Hat Enterprise Linux, for customers
who prefer a traditional lifecycle and packaging as the foundation for
their Kubernetes deployments.

Red Hat Quay and OpenShiftOver
the past few years, many Red Hat OpenShift customers have used CoreOS
Quay as their enterprise registry solution. While OpenShift provides an
integrated container registry, customers who require more comprehensive
enterprise grade registry capabilities now have the option to get Quay
Enterprise and Quay.io from Red Hat. Quay includes automated geographic
replication, integrated security scanning with Clair, image time machine
for viewing history, performs rollbacks and automated pruning, and
more. Quay is now added to the Red Hat portfolio, available both as an
enterprise software solution and as a hosted service at Quay.io, and
will see future enhancements and continued integration with OpenShift in
future releases.

AvailabilityTectonic's
automated operations, Red Hat CoreOS and more will be fully integrated
into Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform in future versions. Container
Linux will continue to be maintained while its successor will be
developed with the Fedora and CoreOS Communities.